Westin facing jail sentence

Updated
Sat 16 Jun 2007, 10:24 AM AEST

A Scullin woman sentenced to periodic detention for culpable driving causing death will now go to jail fulltime in a weeks time, after she was found with a syringe and cannabis at the Symondston Remand Centre.

Amber Joan Westin was serving her second weekend in jail when she was found with the prohibited items.

As a breach of her sentence conditions, it allows the judge to resentence her for the original offence, that occurred last year when she crashed her car into another whilst evading police pursuit, killing an 82 year old woman.

She had cannabis in her system at the time.

Chief Magistrate Ron Cahill said it was obvious Westin has a serious drug problem and he was disappointed to see her in court again.

He said she took a silly risk when she had been given the opportunity to rehabilitate.

Following recommendations from defence and prosecution lawyers, Mr Cahill is likely to sentence Westin to two or three months jail, but he has given her a week's grace to deal with custody and health issues relating to her young daughter.